The classic naam kaeng sai (shaved ice) flavored with syrups can be found at neighborhood street vendors across the city. Alternatively, go to longstanding shaved-ice specialist Sheng Sim Ee (Chula Soi 20, 02-214-0612) to choose your toppings from the 30 bowls in front of the shop (starting at B30). For something sugar free, Sfree can be found in malls across the city (try 7/F, CentralWorld, 02-613-1609), selling granita in fruity flavors (starting at B49).

 

Annette Itim Tuktuk (4/F, Siam Center) serves cutesy popsicles (all B80) of gelato from its light-blue tuk-tuk ice-cream cart. Try the mango and passion fruit, which they say is made using 70-percent fruit. Alternatively, try the colorful geometric gelatos (B89-129) at Stickhouse (G/F, Siam Paragon, 02-610-7682).

 

Forget 7-Eleven’s Slurpees, here’s where you can get some booze-heavy alternatives. The recently opened food truck Jungle Juice + Kebabs (Sukhumvit Soi 38, 080-246-9000) makes its slushies using real fruit, including strawberry, kiwi and lychee for a wallet-friendly B40, all of which can be laced with a shot of rum or tequila for an extra B100. For something more old-school, grab a beer woon at Ran Che Ow (113 Charas Muang Rd., 081-682-8816) for B65-90/bottle, or lao pun (Thai-style cocktail shakes) at Loy Shy (774/2 Soi Phayanak, Phayathai Rd., 081-430-7207).

 

Red Mango, one of Bangkok’s first frozen yogurt outlets, now only has one branch left, at Terminal 21. Other options include our favorite, Buddhi Belly (3/F, Siam Paragon, starting at B45), as well as serve-yourself spots like Partyland (G/F, Siam Paragon, 02-610-7528, B80/100g), Yogurtland (LG/F, Terminal 21, B80/100g), and the soon-to-open Hollywood import Pinkberry (2/F, Central Chidlom).

 

Street-stall coconut ice cream can often be teeth-hurtingly sweet, but we love Ice Cream Baan Paew (near the exit to MRT Kampangpetch, Chatuchak Market, 095-956-5556), where one bowl costs just B35. Also try the humble B25 option at 70-year-old Natthaporn Ice Cream (94 Phraeng Phuthon Square, 02-221-3954), which is known for using only coconut milk and no dairy products.

 

With a temperature lower than -195.97 degrees C, liquid nitrogen can make some truly amazing ice cream. Try Milk Solid (1/F, Sriboonruang Building, Silom Rd., 081-810-1681), where we love the chocolate (B118), or head to Central Embassy for the Australia-born Nitrogenie (4/F, Central Embassy, 02-675-3959), which uses dairy products imported from down under.

 

Ice-cream-filled cakes served in hot pans have really taken off recently. Our favorites include Creamery’s (U Center, Chulalongkorn University, Soi Chula 42, 087-909-8080) chocolate lava-filled Choc A Lot cookie (B119), Panary Cafe’s (8/1, Noble Reform, Phaholyothin Soi 7, 02-116-6889) ice cream on a Dutch baby pancake (B170), Silkream’s (G/F, Siam Paragon, 02-610-9571) “fruit paradise” (crepe with fresh fruits, caramel and soft cream, B240) and Dessert Warehouse’s (G/F, Siam Paragon,082-871-4445) sizzling brownie with vanilla ice cream, marshmallow and hot chocolate sauce (B210).

 

If ice is just too coarse on your delicate palate, go soft with the Korean-style snow mountain known as bingsu. Seobinggo (Siam Square Soi 7, 095-712-4872) serves a huge mango bingsu for B270, while Snowfall (4/F, Siam Square One, 02-245-0797) does a caramel banana bingsu starting at B180. For more wallet-friendly options, try the B130-180 bingsu at Okbingsul (89 Ngam Wong Wan Rd., 099-226-6925) or the new bingsu shop, The First (Opus Thonglor). You can get similar desserts at Daikori (7/F, MBK Center, 02-626-0426), which serves soft and fluffy piles of creamy- and fruity-flavored ice (starting B69) and the new cafe in the middle of Siam Square, Once (228/2 Siam Square Soi 2. www.fb.com/oncecoffeeshop), which offers yakult-flavored ice at B160.